LIVE REVIEW: The Divine Comedy, Barbican, London
TWO GIGS in one calendar week in 2020; this is unprecedented. Both live streams, maybe, but that’s just fine by me in a world which looks to have decided its…
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Classic Compilation: The Divine Comedy – A Secret History: The Best of The Divine Comedy
There have been few compilations as well timed as A Secret History: The Best of The Divine Comedy. Released just as Neil Hannon was enjoying the apex of his commercial…
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Not Forgotten: The Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
Released at a time where the fashion was to fill the whole run time of a CD with as much material as possible regardless of quality, all in the name…
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Live Review: The Divine Comedy / Lisa O’Neill, The Foundry, Sheffield, 15/10/16
I last saw Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy under the banner of “An Evening with Neil Hannon” (rather than the full band line-up on show tonight) back in 2010…
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Album Review: The Divine Comedy – Foreverland
Now a dozen albums into their career, The Divine Comedy have steadily carved their own unique niche into the musical landscape over the last twenty seven years. While Foreverland breaks…
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Not Forgotten: The Divine Comedy – Casanova
Released during a time when a generation were generally in thrall to the simple pleasures of Britpop, were pilled-up moon-eyed dancers, or still moping around listening to American angst merchants,…
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Not Forgotten – The Divine Comedy – Fin de Siècle
Neil Hannon (the man who effectively is The Divine Comedy), cut a unique dash through the British music in the mid 90s, as his almost imperceptible rise to near-fame ran…
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